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“There are more fools in the world than there are people.”
As quoted in One Big Fib : The Incredible Story of the Fraudulent First International Bank of Grenada (2003) by Owen Platt, p. 37
“It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.”
“Listening is more important than talking.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Better is halfe a lofe than no bread.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Throw no gyft agayne at the geuers head,
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
“It is less degrading to fear than to be feared.”
Temer no humilla tanto como ser temido.
Voces (1943)
“Nothing is better than a justified enthusiasm.”
“To me death is better than the defensive.”
Quoted in W. Lyon Blease, "Suvorof," 1926.
“Governments steer better than they row.”
Source: The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998), Chapter Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare-The Old Debate Is New Again, p. 98
“Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.”
#440
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Vietnam was worse than immoral — it was a mistake.”
Reported in Alistair Cooke, Letter from America: 1946-2004 (2004), page 378.
“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
Letter to his niece, Harriet Washington (30 October 1791)
1790s
Variant: It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
“Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye”
“There are worse things than being mad.”
This appears not to be a Kerouac quote. It has not been found in any of Kerouac's published work.
Misattributed
“The truth is more important than the facts.”
“There is nothing more precious than laughter”
Source: The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
“There is nothing more ancient than the truth.”